Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists beyond acute pain, typically over six months. It can be initiated with an injury or disease, but may persist after the triggering injury has healed ...

Background Recent meta-analyses suggested diclofenac may be superior to indomethacin in preventing post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP ... (2022YFC2505100), ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the ...

Chronic pancreatitis remains a challenging and frustrating clinical problem. In the past few years, however, advances in genetic and immunologic research have spawned new insights and approaches ...

Anantapur: A 23-year-old student from Hindupur, whose pancreas was filled with stones due to chronic calcific pancreatitis, underwent successful surgery at KIMS Saveera Hospital. The man had been ...

Sam Runyon, a nurse, treats Cora Perkins at home in Williamson, W.Va. All of her patients have at least one chronic disease.Credit... Supported by By Eli Saslow Photographs by Erin Schaff Sam ...

or calcification, and an interval of ≥ 3 months between the two AP episodes, AP patients are further classified into NRAP and RAP groups (9). The major exclusion criteria are chronic pancreatitis, ...

and that recurrent attacks of acute pancreatitis lead to chronic pancreatitis. This discovery also focused attention on premature trypsinogen activation and persistent trypsin activity as being ...

THE most controversial aspect of pancreatic surgery concerns the choice of an appropriate operative procedure in the management of chronic relapsing pancreatitis. The evolution of the surgical ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in older individuals is a matter of growing concern in the field of public health across the globe. Indeed, prevalence of kidney function impairment increases with ...

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